Peter Goldsborough, CTO of Rune Technologies, joined Resilience to talk about a part of modern warfare that rarely gets attention but quietly decides outcomes: logistics.
Goldsborough grew up in Europe and now works out of Washington, DC. Before founding Rune, he worked at several defense technology companies and kept running into the same problem: everyone was focused on weapons, sensors, and effects. Almost no one was focused on how supplies moved. That gap stood out to him because history is blunt on this point. Wars are often won or lost based on logistics, not firepower.
“I saw a gap in the market, in our national security, and decided to found Rune Technologies to focus that same innovation on one thing only: logistics in the military,” he said.
Today, much of military logistics in the field is still manual. Inventory is tracked on paper or spreadsheets. In active combat zones, basic questions like what supplies exist, where they are, and who can move them are hard to answer quickly. Compared to other areas of the military, logistics technology has lagged behind.
“As you can imagine, logistics is always the last thing people think about, right? It’s not shiny, it doesn’t go boom, it’s not sexy. And so technologically, it’s atrophied,” said Goldsborough.
Rune’s core product, TyrOS, is built to change that. TyrOS tracks inventory across supplies, vehicles, personnel, and medical equipment. More importantly, it ties that data together to support decisions. If a unit needs fuel or ammunition, the system can identify available inventory, viable transport options, and the fastest way to deliver it. The software also looks ahead, using observed demand to help planners anticipate shortages before they become emergencies.
Goldsborough was clear that not every action in combat can be tracked in real time. No one is logging every consumed ration. Instead, the system works at practical levels of detail, counting remaining supplies and integrating data where sensors already exist. As more equipment becomes sensor-enabled, TyrOS is designed to serve as the backbone that captures and distributes that consumption data.
As the pace of warfare increases, manual planning does not scale. When logistics becomes reactive instead of planned, units lose the initiative. Requests pile up, supplies run out, and missions fail. Better logistics is not just about convenience.
Rune is currently working with the US Army and the US Marine Corps, with plans to expand to other services and related parts of the Department of Defense.
Ukraine accelerated attention on logistics, but it was not the reason Rune exists. Goldsborough said the company would have been built regardless, with an eye toward conflicts that everyone hopes never happen. Looking ahead to 2026, Rune is focused on expansion, deeper adoption, and applying its platform to adjacent areas tied closely to logistics, including medical evacuation.
